2022 Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

Biotechnology is the 171st most popular major in the country with 3,585 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, biotechnology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $50,092 and had an average of $32,815 in loans still to pay off.

Across Maine, there were 5 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 5 biotechnology graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,425 and $17,736 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality biotechnology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the biotechnology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine associate degree biotech students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology in Maine (With Aid)

#1

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$10,647 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Biotech Schools for an Associate in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Maine Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. SMCC is a medium-sized public school situated in South Portland, Maine. It awarded 5 associates’s biotech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Biotechnology Associate Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Maine Community College is $10,647 for Maine Associate Degree Biotech students with aid.

Read more about Biotechnology at SMCC

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Biotechnology (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Henk Caspers/Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

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